NHL & WHA Single Season Playoff Leaders and Records for Points Per Game

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NHL Leaders Rank Player PTS/G Year 1. Wayne Gretzky* 2.611 1985 2. Newsy Lalonde* 2.600 1919   Dennis Maruk 2.600 1986 4. Wayne Gretzky* 2.400 1982 5. Wayne Gretzky* 2.375 1983 6. Wayne Gretzky* 2.333 1981   Darryl Sittler* 2.333 1977 8. Mario Lemieux* 2.267 1992 9. Wayne Gretzky* 2.263 1988 10. Paul Coffey* 2.056 1985 11. Theoren Fleury 2.000 1993   Wayne Gretzky* 2.000 1989   Peter Stastny* 2.000 1981   Bobby Hull* 2.000 1963   Toe Blake* 2.000 1944   Theoren Fleury 2.000 1995   Ken Linseman 2.000 1985 18. Mike Bossy* 1.944 1981 19. Rick Middleton 1.941 1983 20. Denis Savard* 1.933 1985 21. Phil Esposito* 1.929 1970 22. Mario Lemieux* 1.913 1991 23. Wayne Gretzky* 1.900 1986   Jean Beliveau* 1.900 1956 25. Elmer Lach* 1.889 1946   Maurice Richard* 1.889 1944   Lanny McDonald* 1.889 1977 28. Barry Pederson 1.882 1983 29. Doug Weight 1.857 2003   Guy Lafleur* 1.857 1977 31. Wayne Gretzky* 1.842 1984 32. Gordie Howe* 1.818 1955 33. Joe Mullen* 1.800 1982   Phil Esposito* 1.800 1969   Bernie Federko* 1.800 1982   Bernie Geoffrion* 1.800 1957 37. Mark Messier* 1.790 1988 38. Patrik Elias 1.778 2006 39. Dale Hawerchuk* 1.750 1993   Brett Hull* 1.750 1990   Stan Mikita* 1.750 1962 42. Ted Lindsay* 1.727 1955   Mario Lemieux* 1.727 1989   Guy Lafleur* 1.727 1975 45. Jari Kurri* 1.722 1985 46. Mark Messier* 1.714 1989   Pat LaFontaine* 1.714 1993   Bobby Orr* 1.714 1971 49. Doug Gilmour* 1.700 1988 50. Steve Yzerman* 1.667 1989   Gilbert Perreault* 1.667 1973   Doug Gilmour* 1.667 1993   Wayne Gretzky* 1.667 1993   John Tucker 1.667 1988   Ken Linseman 1.667 1981   Joe Nieuwendyk* 1.667 1990 57. Mario Lemieux* 1.636 1993   Barry Pederson 1.636 1982   Bernie Federko* 1.636 1981 60. Jari Kurri* 1.632 1988 61. Wayne Gretzky* 1.619 1987 62. Bryan Trottier* 1.611 1981 63. Bobby Orr* 1.600 1972   Phil Esposito* 1.600 1972 65. Fleming MacKell 1.583 1958   Ron Francis* 1.583 1995 67. Mike Ridley 1.571 1992   Paul Coffey* 1.571 1993   Peter Forsberg 1.571 1998   Pat LaFontaine* 1.571 1992 71. Tony McKegney 1.556 1985   Ted Kennedy* 1.556 1948   Doug Gilmour* 1.556 1994   Marcel Dionne* 1.556 1977 75. Dickie Moore* 1.546 1959   Joe Sakic 1.546 1996   Paul Reinhart 1.546 1984 78. Adam Oates 1.538 1991 79. Steve Payne 1.526 1981   Bryan Trottier* 1.526 1982 81. Alex Ovechkin 1.500 2009   Reggie Leach 1.500 1976   Jaromir Jagr 1.500 2008   Petr Klima 1.500 1988   Dennis Hull 1.500 1973   Evgeni Malkin 1.500 2009   Peter Stastny* 1.500 1982   Bernie Geoffrion* 1.500 1960   Joe Murphy 1.500 1992   Henri Richard* 1.500 1960   Maurice Richard* 1.500 1958   Gilbert Perreault* 1.500 1980   Gilbert Perreault* 1.500 1981   Mario Lemieux* 1.500 1996   Stephane Richer 1.500 1988   Johan Franzen 1.500 2010 97. Brian Leetch* 1.478 1994 98. Jari Kurri* 1.474 1984 99. Joe Sakic 1.471 1997   Yvan Cournoyer* 1.471 1973 101. Steve Larmer 1.467 1985 102. Sidney Crosby 1.462 2010   Brett Hull* 1.462 1991   Denis Potvin* 1.462 1976 105. Norm Ullman* 1.454 1963   Tony Currie 1.454 1981   Bernie Nicholls 1.454 1989   Pete Mahovlich 1.454 1975   Jaromir Jagr 1.454 2000   Gordie Howe* 1.454 1963 111. Toe Blake* 1.444 1946   Glenn Anderson* 1.444 1985   Jamie Langenbrunner 1.444 2006   Mike Murphy 1.444 1977   Elmer Lach* 1.444 1944 116. Mike Bossy* 1.438 1980   Jacques Lemaire* 1.438 1979   Jari Kurri* 1.438 1983   Guy Lafleur* 1.438 1979 120. Peter Stastny* 1.429 1992   Michael Cammalleri 1.429 2011   Alex Ovechkin 1.429 2010   Wayne Gretzky* 1.429 1990   Phil Esposito* 1.429 1971   Bobby Orr* 1.429 1970   Earl Ingarfield 1.429 1969   Doug Wilson 1.429 1980   Jochen Hecht 1.429 2000   Norm Ullman* 1.429 1965   Alexander Mogilny 1.429 1993   Theoren Fleury 1.429 1994 132. Esa Tikkanen 1.421 1988   Mike Bossy* 1.421 1982 134. Tim Young 1.417 1981   Mark Recchi 1.417 1991   Don McKenney 1.417 1958   Ron Francis* 1.417 1993 138. Sergei Fedorov 1.412 1995 139. Craig Simpson 1.409 1990   Al MacInnis* 1.409 1989   Mark Messier* 1.409 1990 142. Carl Liscombe 1.400 1943   Guy Lafleur* 1.400 1978   Peter McNab 1.400 1980   Brian Leetch* 1.400 1995   Bernie Geoffrion* 1.400 1956   Bert Olmstead* 1.400 1956   Larry Robinson* 1.400 1978   Maurice Richard* 1.400 1956   Jason Spezza 1.400 2006   Brian Sutter 1.400 1982   Steve Thomas 1.400 1986   Mark Messier* 1.400 1983   Bob Bourne 1.400 1983 155. Bobby Hull* 1.389 1971   Denis Potvin* 1.389 1981   Mark Messier* 1.389 1985 158. Ryan Getzlaf 1.385 2009 159. Bryan Trottier* 1.381 1980 160. Bobby Hull* 1.375 1970   Dino Ciccarelli* 1.375 1990   Kevin Stevens 1.375 1991   Tim Connolly 1.375 2006 164. Mark Messier* 1.368 1984   Eric Lindros 1.368 1997   Mike Bossy* 1.368 1983 167. Rick Middleton 1.364 1982   Alex Delvecchio* 1.364 1955   Paul Coffey* 1.364 1989   Gordie Howe* 1.364 1961   Pavel Datsyuk 1.364 2011   Marcel Bonin 1.364 1959 173. Rick Tocchet 1.357 1992   Jacques Lemaire* 1.357 1977   John Bucyk* 1.357 1970   Gordie Howe* 1.357 1964 177. Raymond Bourque* 1.353 1983   Frank Mahovlich* 1.353 1973   Claude Lemieux 1.353 1997 180. Sidney Crosby 1.350 2008   Frank Mahovlich* 1.350 1971   Peter Forsberg 1.350 2002 183. Brad Park* 1.333 1978   Kevin Stevens 1.333 1993   Wayne Gretzky* 1.333 1997   Glenn Anderson* 1.333 1981   Butch Goring 1.333 1977   Jari Kurri* 1.333 1981   Rick MacLeish 1.333 1978   Jean Ratelle* 1.333 1976   Bill Barber* 1.333 1981   Jaromir Jagr 1.333 1999   Stan Mikita* 1.333 1973   Jan Hrdina 1.333 2000   John Bucyk* 1.333 1972   Tim Horton* 1.333 1962   Clint Smith* 1.333 1944   Doug Bentley* 1.333 1944   Kent Nilsson 1.333 1983   Luc Robitaille* 1.333 1991   Mike Gartner* 1.333 1986   Cam Neely* 1.333 1990   Kevin Stevens 1.333 1992   Mark Messier* 1.333 1987   Anders Hedberg 1.333 1983 206. Jonathan Toews 1.318 2010 207. Raymond Bourque* 1.316 1991   Bobby Smith 1.316 1981   Glenn Anderson* 1.316 1988   Tim Kerr 1.316 1989 211. Bob Probert 1.312 1988 212. Denis Savard* 1.308 1983   Guy Lafleur* 1.308 1976 214. Danny Briere 1.304 2010   Mark Messier* 1.304 1994 216. Michael Nylander 1.300 2007   Gordie Drillon* 1.300 1939   John Anderson 1.300 1986   Kevin Dineen 1.300 1986   Marian Hossa 1.300 2008   Sid Abel* 1.300 1943   Martin Havlat 1.300 2006   Craig Janney 1.300 1989   Dale Hawerchuk* 1.300 1987   Steve Yzerman* 1.300 1999   Daryl Evans 1.300 1982   Mark Messier* 1.300 1995   Bob Dailey 1.300 1977   Rick MacLeish 1.300 1977 230. Rick MacLeish 1.294 1974   Ken Linseman 1.294 1980   Valeri Kamensky 1.294 1997   Mats Naslund 1.294 1987 234. Sidney Crosby 1.292 2009   Pavel Bure 1.292 1994 236. Igor Larionov* 1.286 1994   Glenn Anderson* 1.286 1987   Ron Francis* 1.286 1992   Steve Shutt* 1.286 1977 240. Brian Propp 1.278 1989   Jaromir Jagr 1.278 1996   Peter Stastny* 1.278 1985 243. Patrick Kane 1.273 2010   Peter McNab 1.273 1982   Peter Forsberg 1.273 2001   Scott Gomez 1.273 2007   Al MacInnis* 1.273 1984   Patrick Marleau 1.273 2006   Mark Messier* 1.273 1992 250. Troy Murray 1.267 1985   Peter McNab 1.267 1978   Adam Oates 1.267 1992   Darryl Sutter 1.267 1985

WHA Leaders Rank Player PTS/G Year 1. Serge Bernier 2.118 1977 2. Norm Beaudin 2.000 1973   Ulf Nilsson 2.000 1976 4. Gavin Kirk 1.833 1975 5. Bobby Hull* 1.786 1973 6. Reg Thomas 1.778 1977 7. Tom Webster 1.733 1973 8. Mark Howe* 1.692 1975 9. Blair MacDonald 1.667 1977   Anders Hedberg 1.667 1978 11. Larry Lund 1.643 1974 12. Mike Walton 1.636 1974 13. Terry Ruskowski 1.625 1979 14. Real Cloutier 1.600 1978 15. Real Cloutier 1.588 1977 16. Ulf Nilsson 1.556 1978 17. Terry Ruskowski 1.546 1977 18. Gordie Howe* 1.538 1975   Bobby Hull* 1.538 1976   Wayne Gretzky* 1.538 1979 21. Tim Sheehy 1.533 1973 22. Willy Lindstrom 1.500 1979   Morris Lukowich 1.500 1979 24. Ron Chipperfield 1.462 1979   Anders Hedberg 1.462 1976 26. Anders Hedberg 1.450 1977 27. Bobby Guindon 1.444 1978 28. Mike Walton 1.417 1975 29. Ray Adduono 1.400 1975   Marc Tardif 1.400 1975   Peter Sullivan 1.400 1979   Kent Nilsson 1.400 1979 33. Blair MacDonald 1.385 1979   Larry Lund 1.385 1975 35. Marc Tardif 1.364 1978 36. Mark Howe* 1.357 1974 37. Ulf Nilsson 1.350 1977 38. Fran Huck 1.333 1975   Lyle Moffat 1.333 1978 40. Paulin Bordeleau 1.312 1977 41. Gordie Howe* 1.308 1974 42. Rich Preston 1.300 1979 43. Serge Bernier 1.273 1978   Mark Howe* 1.273 1977 45. Jim Dorey 1.267 1973   Larry Pleau 1.267 1973 47. Terry Caffery 1.250 1973 48. Bobby Hull* 1.222 1978   Gerry Pinder 1.222 1973   Jim Wiste 1.222 1973   Gary Jarrett 1.222 1973

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